HONG KONG – A Hong Kong woman who contracted H5N1 bird flu – the first case in the city since 2003 – has been quarantined in intensive care and the government will inspect poultry markets over the next few days.

There was no indication of human-to-human transmission of the influenza and eight close contacts of the 59-year-old woman are showing no symptoms, Dr York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health, said yesterday.